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| Ne-Yo is a sex machine [Damn] |
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| by kenn on 4/13/2006 10:23:00 PM |
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R&B crooner Ne-Yo says he is addicted to sex. The chart-topping singer/songwriter talks about his sexual exploits in the May issue of 'Vibe' magazine.
"I'm Sammy Davis [Jr.] and Bugs Bunny with some porn mixed in," Ne-Yo, 26, tells senior editor Laura Checkoway, in his first big magazine profile. The Arkansas native's debut album, 'In My Own Words,' hit Number One on the charts upon release last month off of the strength of the Number One single 'So Sick.'
The article also delves into the Def Jam Records crooner's background: growing up in a Las Vegas low-income housing project raised by a battered mother ("beat like a man" by his father, he shares) who also worked as a casino cocktail waitress. The Quincy Jones-founded magazine reports that Ne-Yo was born Schaffer Chimere Smith, and was an original member of R&B group called Envy, which also counts 'American Idol' cast-off Corey Clark among its original line-up. (Last year, Clark made very public allegations that he had a lurid sexual relationship with show's judge Paula Abdul).
"I became a complete whore," Ne-Yo confesses, "I might possibly have had sex with every girl in my 11th grade class … it went from like, nothing to like, three and four a day."
Elsewhere in the story, the father of a baby son named Chimere, Ne-Yo refers to his sexual appetite as "a slight addiction" and said that now he "helps himself" instead of "doing a groupie."
Late last year, Ne-Yo, who penned 2004's most played single, 'Let Me Love You,' (performed by Mario), was selected for AOL Breakers campaign, which predicted he will be the new artist to make noise in 2006. His album sold more than 301,000 copies in its first release. 'So Sick' is currently Number Seven on 'Billboard's Hot 100 chart, after 19 weeks.
Ne-Yo, recently toured with John Legend and just wrapped filming for 'Save the Last Dance 2,' the follow up to the 2001 film. 'In My Own Words' has sold 657,185 copies since its release on Feb. 28.
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